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NVSR
Volume 51, Number 3.
United States Life Tables, 2000. 39 pp. (PHS) 2003-1120. The National Center for Health Statistics, (NCHS) has recently published, “United States Life Tables, 2000.” This report presents period life tables for the United States based on age-specific death rates. Presented are complete life tables by age, race, and sex. Data used to prepare these life tables are 2000 final mortality statistics; July 1, 2000, population estimates based on 1990 decennial census; and data from the Medicare program. Data Highlights: In 2000 overall life expectancy of life at birth was 76.9 years representing a increase of 0.2 years from life expectancy in 1999. Between 1999 and 2000, life expectancy increased for both males and females and for the white and black populations. Life expectancy increased by 0.4 years for black males and 0.2 years for white males; it increased 0.2 years for black females and 0.1 year for white females. Keywords: life expectancy, life tables, survival, death rates, race
This page last reviewed October 15, 2008
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